#2B8F9B#2B8F9B

#2B8F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.090 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B8F9B
RGB	rgb(43, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -23.99, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 28.09, 211.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0807 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.09 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7325, 22.5231, 34.4695)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B8F9B #9B372B

analogous

#2B9B6F #2B8F9B #2B579B

triadic

#2B8F9B #9B2B8F #8F9B2B

tetradic

#2B8F9B #6F2B9B #9B372B #579B2B

square

#2B8F9B #6F2B9B #9B372B #579B2B

split-complementary

#2B8F9B #9B2B57 #9B6F2B

monochromatic

#10373B #1E636B #2B8F9B #3BB9C9 #6BCAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2B8F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2B8F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2B8F9B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B8F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2B8F9B	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b8f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.090 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0b8',
    500: '#2b8f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b8f9b;
$custom-light: #75b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b8f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 56.566,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59917,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B8F9B

secondary

#BC6F65

accent

#5848E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B8F9B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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